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29February 1939
$0.10

The Funnies #29

Dell · February 1939 · on sale 1939-01

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Series
The Funnies (Dell, 1936 series)
Issue
#29
Publication date
February 1939
Key date
1939-02-00
On-sale date
1939-01
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1
1Photos While U Waitcomic story1script: Gene Byrnes; pencils: Gene Byrnes; inks: Gene Byrnes
2The Royal Moovian Circuscomic story4script: V. T. Hamlin; pencils: V. T. Hamlin; inks: V. T. HamlinAlley Oop; Ooola; Umpa; King Guzzle; Foozy
3-comic story0.8script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon MayerScribbly Jibbet; Bernie von Goldstein; Captain Colorful; Vivien Darling
4Why Big Brudders Leave Home by Scribblycomic story0.2script: Scribbly; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon MayerScribbly Jibbet; Dinky Jibbet; Daphne Dimples
5-comic story0.8script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon MayerScribbly Jibbet; Roscoe T. Rooney; Bernie von Goldstein; Professor Twitchel
6Nicknames For Scribbly's Kid-Bruddercomic story0.2script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon MayerScribbly Jibbet; Dinky Jibbet (in shadow only)
7-comic story0.8script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon MayerScribbly Jibbet; Mrs. Jibbet; Dinky Jibbet; Daphne Dimples (in dream); Butch O'Flannigan (in dream, named in this issue)
8Why Big Brudders Leave Home by Scribblycomic story0.2script: Scribbly; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon MayerScribbly Jibbet; Dinky Jibbet
9-cartoon1script: J. R. Williams; pencils: J. R. Williams; inks: J. R. Williams
10-comic story1script: Gene Ahern; pencils: Gene Ahern; inks: Gene Ahern
11The Funnies Crossword Puzzle Pageactivity1
12-comic story1script: Gene Byrnes; pencils: Gene Byrnes; inks: Gene Byrnes
13On the Movie Lotcomic story2script: Hal Forrest; pencils: Hal Forrest; inks: Hal Forrest
14-comic story1script: Charles D. Small; pencils: Charles D. Small; inks: Charles D. Small
15-cartoon1script: Clyde Lewis; pencils: Clyde Lewis; inks: Clyde Lewis
16-comic story2script: J. R. Williams; pencils: J. R. Williams; inks: J. R. Williams
17-comic story1script: George Scarbo; pencils: George Scarbo; inks: George Scarbo
18-comic story4script: Fred Harman; pencils: Fred Harman; inks: Fred HarmanBronc Peeler; Cowboy Pete
19-cartoon1script: Richard W. Thomas; pencils: Walter Galli; inks: Walter Galli
20-comic story1script: Gene Ahern; pencils: Gene Ahern; inks: Gene AhernMajor Hoople
21-comic story4script: Roy Crane; pencils: Roy Crane; inks: Roy CraneCaptain Easy
22-comic story1script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
23-comic story2script: Gene Byrnes; pencils: Gene Byrnes; inks: Gene Byrnes
24What They Saw!comic story4script: Edwin Alger; pencils: Edwin Alger; inks: Edwin Alger
25-comic story2script: Walt Spouse, L. Frank Baum; pencils: Walt Spouse; inks: Walt SpouseJack Pumpkinhead; Sawhorse; Wogglebug
26A Spring Daycomic story1script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
27-comic story1script: Gene Ahern; pencils: Gene Ahern; inks: Gene AhernMajor Hoople
28-cartoon1script: Richard W. Thomas; pencils: Walter Galli; inks: Walter Galli
29Al Bradycomic story4pencils: Al McWilliams; inks: Al McWilliams
30-comic story0.8script: George Scarbo; pencils: George Scarbo; inks: George Scarbo
31Crossword Puzzle Solutionactivity0.2pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon MayerScribbly Jibbet; Dinky Jibbet
32-comic story2script: J. R. Williams; pencils: J. R. Williams; inks: J. R. WilliamsWillis Willet
33-cartoon1script: Clyde Lewis; pencils: Clyde Lewis; inks: Clyde Lewis
34-comic story1script: Charles D. Small; pencils: Charles D. Small; inks: Charles D. Small
35Trouble In Tahititext story2
36-comic story1script: Charles D. Small; pencils: Charles D. Small; inks: Charles D. Small
37Curious Facts About Stampstext article1letters: typeset
38-comic story1script: Gene Ahern; pencils: Gene Ahern; inks: Gene Ahern
39-cartoon1script: J. R. Williams; pencils: J. R. Williams; inks: J. R. Williams
40Song of the Buckaroocomic story6script: John Rathmell; pencils: Frank Frollo; inks: Frank Frollo
41-comic story0.75script: Charles D. Small; pencils: Charles D. Small; inks: Charles D. Small

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